acar. syrian rebels kidnap a group of nuns from a christian monastery allegedly moving into a nearby rebel controlled town as a christian community is increasingly caught up in the raging violence. we look at the radical right wing groups that have hijacked the demonstrations in kiev as more european leaders throw their weight behind a pro e.u. protest in ukraine. this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. aid for the new play by unemployment and a spirity a recent study shows over twenty percent of europe is at risk of poverty.

nine am in the russian capital you're watching r t international with me marina joshie welcome to the program and as the mist fighters in syria are believed to be holding a group of nuns hostage abducted from an orthodox monastery near damascus they have reportedly been moved to the rebel controlled town of your brood the pope has called for prayers for the kidnapped women amid demands from clerics and religious organizations to release them our middle east correspondent paula sleazier is following the story. twelve nuns and three of their hopers belonging to the orthodox monastery. are believed to have been moved to the other broke now according to syrian opposition activists this is for their own safety however we have heard from religious officials who said that the women were abducted by

members of the front which is affiliated to al qaida now we're hearing from the syrian observatory for human rights and that the fighters affiliated with al nurse were captured after several days of intensive fighting in the old quarter. and several reports suggest and point to the fact that the fighters then entered this author i'm on a street in the same turn of mind while the pope was praying for the safety of the abducted nuns at the same time we had our tea have been speaking with the international christian concerned we told us that they were very troubled by this incident and they were urging rebel groups to ensure the safety of these women at the same time they said that they put the responsibility on them to provide free communication with these women who have been abducted now muslim clerics have also did and the abductions in the strongest possible terms we denounce their deeds and

confirm that terrorism is a savage monster which wants to devour all religious and humanitarian values they came to cuba and kidnap you muslim in moms and christian priests and large bishops alike they kidnap priests and priestesses the events in milou show a dangerous conspiracy which seems that putin announced to the role of the church in syria which they want to take back to the stone age with continued securing fight over the country and i spent some time in the christian quarter of homes in syria where both the syrian army that had recaptured the town as well as residents who are now returning spoke to me about what they feel is the targeting of the christian communities inside syria and this is an issue that is of great concern to the international community. and here is footage that allegedly shows another attack on a christian monastery in syria well this is an orthodox monastery north of damascus you can see here rebel fighters of targeting the buildings which then catch fire

the opposition justified the attack saying asa troops were using the monastery as until reposition michael coming no one spoke to reverend even a star and anglican priest in syria about the fate of christians in the war torn country. thousands and thousands hundreds of thousands of christians wear this place from their homes and a lot of christians were killed we still have two bishops missing from from aleppo we don't know anything about them and now another attack on the of the christian community in syria and the world is watching richard is it because the christians in syria big specifically targeted or just getting caught up in the wider conflict what's the picture i think they are being used by both sides. as a political card because the regime wants also to to to show that they are protecting the minorities specially the christians and they are

begging for for the international community to interfere to release the nuns where the the rebels they are turning the blind eye to the al qaida and the islamists to target specifically christians there is a systematic attack on the christian community in syria and hundreds of thousands of christians were displaced or more on the christians targeted by rebels in syria as well as other developments in the conflict in hand to our website r.t. dot com. the opposition and ukraine has delivered an ultimatum to the president calling for early presidential actions in error threatening to set up a round the clock blockade of government buildings if their demands aren't met and it is raining reports protests that started out as pro e.u. demonstrations have now become fertile ground for extremist groups. laurie to

careen glory to the hearing is the fischel slogan of the hardline nationalist movement known as the ukrainian insurgent army and the chant heard among the crowds in key of these days here is a stick. couple of these protesters cheerleaders mr elect founder of the nationalist party and the men inspired by the actions of the u.i. a's wartime militias they took up machine guns and followed the russians the germans and the jews those who quote wanted to take away our ukrainian land and this is. another far right activist from the radical nationalist but movement so we needs war that's the main thing an organization like cause can't exist without war . is one of those suspected of a range of the bulldozer actual king of over the weekend both men represent the ultra nationalist sentiment that is popular in western ukraine which has traditionally gravitated towards europe rather than moscow many hope we will fight

for the european union until the end and even if they bring your tanks we will win which must go i'm ready to pick up an a k forty seven and start shooting up to a thousand people go to kiev every day and our motto is together to the end our resistance forces consist of afghanistan war veterans and former security service officials recent polls show the country's sharply divided on the issue with more than seventy percent of those living in the western ukraine favoring the deal with the european union but that drops to less than thirty percent in the east in kiev what began as a campaign over trade ties with europe is now it is the ending in two rallying cry for ukrainian nationalism good enough to know when these people are being passed off as innocent kids who suffered during the peaceful protests i'm sorry i've seen others there who clearly were non militant and then there were others would not have in their pockets why would anyone do that when going to

a peaceful protest. yet it seems to be escaping some of europe and america's political heavyweights that there is a rowdy right wing driving force taking root in a ghost go party. and european politicians are not missing the opportunity to send a message of support to the protesters in kiev germany's foreign minister has met with ukraine's opposition leaders and was seen walking through crowds and caves in the pounce where key opposition figure vitaly klitschko served as his guide the dutch foreign minister is also pay a visit to the protest camp top e.u. officials are in kiev for a pre-planned security summit areas housman professor at portland state university believes their actions are standing a wrong kind of signal. one message of support for those people who are trying to bring down the government on the one hand and it shows to others it shows a message of intervention during the color revolutions and the work of

a number of different agencies present in the region that we're encouraging students and other movements local and american n.g.o.s who are very much involved but now they have now a more sophisticated technology but they also have social networking they can help to organize protests they can use electronic means of spreading information and this information you know that reese questions about the respect for the sovereignty of the country when you have a when foreign countries intervene when aren't international and coming up where seeds of downed grow health problems allegedly by g.m.o. products sparked into syria across the us the full story is coming up shortly. while the e.u. trade deal continues to divide public opinion any ukraine and the e.u. european politicians are sounding the alarm over whether the bloc will be able to cope should an agreement eventually be signed so take a look why. well over twenty percent of u.s.

population is at risk of poverty but garia is one of the e.u.'s most impoverished countries with nearly half its population living close to the bread line romania is not far behind well most one in three finding it hard to make ends meet and the bail out greece is slightly over thirty percent of the population are struggling with financial burdens and a boy and about the same percentage of people in italy and spain are experiencing financial distress due to harsh stared measures are going off went to food back in rome where food is handed out to the city's poorest marco used to work as a pizza your many italians used to call it the golden skill which would always get you work in a role but it didn't hold true for marco one day he was sacked and has not been fired since he's been living on the street for about four years now and says at forty six he sees little chance of fixing his life he asked us not to reveal his identity. when you live on the street survival is what takes up most of your time

simply getting a shower alone is a challenge it takes so much time to take care of yourself as a normal person you reach the end of the day when you're exhausted and depressed. would be an economy going through its longest recession since the second world war over twelve percent of adults are unemployed while four out of ten young people don't have a job there are no official figures on the homeless we have any type of food that we can get for free from somewhere more italians are beginning to turn to charity and humanitarian aid for help two years ago we had about fifty five percent were foreign minister and the forty five percent today we have about sixty five percent valiant thirty five percent for us completely. everything on the shelves is free given in exchange for points allocated to low income families by the global charity network. most of the food is near its expiration date except for

specially labeled eight it's real similar to an ordinary supermarket you've got bread pasta dairy products vegetables and so on but the one thing which really stands out are these packages with signs saying not for sale this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. kerry does is now raising the alarm saying around one thing well we spoke to darren for a armisen from global charity and he told us the crisis in europe is a long term problem. have been working in favor of the most vulnerable and the poorest people even in many cases totally the opposite we have long term unemployment there are

people and families that are not unemployed just for a short while but for many many years it's a shame that that's in europe we have. every one one one child out of four or five is living in poverty. europe is experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis for decades according to a survey by the international red cross millions of europeans are unable to afford food or a roof over their heads the organisation's european director told us the number of people having to turn to charity is beyond their worst expectations but we have seen since we did our first survey in two thousand and nine and on to two thousand and thirteen is that the crises are really taking root at community level at individual level and that household level to a different degree because people today has so used all their savings there is

nothing left seeing a rapid decrease in what we call the middle class people the british red cross what they are doing right now and what they loans more than a loans is that is the biggest food distribution temp aim seems to say concluded cool it is serious and even for the one so for us working in the space this on a daily basis we were shocked when we saw their cumulated data across europe. now deteriorating situation has driven many away from the idea of euro integration later in the program here in our team we now know how your opinion parties may be leaning for the right than ever before.

liberals have often played the role of king maker in the european parliament especially in recent governments but analysts are warning that could be about to change with the euro skeptics taking the lead role six months before european elections artes or smith ways a precarious balance between right and left. there won't have been many meetings in london this year where british membership of the european union was met with a huge round of applause but that's what happens here at the congress of the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe they reckon best still in demand but opinion polls and elections throughout the e.u. tell a different story in fact the continent appears to have made a significant lurch to the right with new parties emerging all over the place populists this new low it's made me but their hostility towards immigration austerity and the very idea of the e.u. has rattled the mainstream parties enough to cause them to step to the right to

you've only got to look to david cameron's conservatives for an example of that so are the liberals dying a slow death i asked said graham watson and the pain president of the algae alliance seems important but there is a party prepared to stand up to the far right when so many are simply moving on to their ground in the hope of recovering lost will discuss this is an existence we see it in the premium polls we see it in people's right to choose what we have to convince people is that the european union brings us a lot of benefits but needs reform if it is to continue to bring us those benefits and committed to the race then but certainly swimming against the toy europe why the liberals have just six months before the european elections to convince a skeptical public that third the e.u. integration is a good thing meanwhile the rights will be working just as hard here in britain

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a colony of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts all countries were drowning under the amount of debt that they had and so every year they would borrow money. and they would use that same amount of money to pay back oh that's. all that money really. the wages of debt. welcome back this is our team international i'm marina joshing eighteen million of americans suffer from gluten related illnesses that thanks to the genetically modified soy and corn they eat a survey reveals medical experts say it may become an epidemic for the next generation prompting more and more americans to choose

a gluten free diet are just worried about nine vesta gave the seeds of g.m.o. phobia. in a city with thousands of restaurants yoko kind of maury has lunch at the same place nearly every day oh right yes yes every day everyone. here at four foods the ingredients are natural g m o's are limited as much as possible and the menu caters to an exploding dietary necessity in the u.s. we're probably in the past year and if we see more people coming directly for us because we do have gluten free options listed among the top food trends by time magazine the gluten free lifestyle has boomed into a billion dollar american industry foods books and even bootcamps cater to a g. free clientele doctors are now paying attention to a new phenomenon called sensitivity and what about this gluten free diet oh it's great it is great no gluten high protein on natural bar the blue is

a protein found in wheat and other grain products eighteen million americans reportedly suffer from gluten related disorders while medical experts have dubbed it the next big u.s. epidemic a new report finds genetically modified foods such as soya and corn may be an environmental trigger for the growing health crisis the sharpest increase as in the last couple decades in these correspond with the introduction of genetically engineered foods now if you look at the nature of the primary toxins found in most. you can predispose the physiology. of symptoms related to sensitivity. inherent reason as to international disorders immune system problems that includes problems who got back to. do damage to the walls of the intestines and the multinational billion dollar company

monsanto happens to be a leading producer of g.m.o. seeds r t reached out to the company a spokesperson said that monsanto is not aware of credible evidence that supports allegations of their products being harmful but the report released by the institute for responsible technology finds that the weed killer known as roundup used on g m o's also has a negative effect on gut bacteria ishak says a nice insidious because you don't have an immediate acute reaction but it evokes your health slowly over time are chosen outside of. kidney failure cancer these have all been shown to be very strongly correlated with the use of ground on corn and so on in the meantime monsanto has reportedly spent billions on lobbying to keep g.m.o. foods from being labeled in the u.s. sales in the gluten free food market have reached new heights due to

a dangerous health epidemic this comes as monsanto grossed more than thirteen billion dollars in revenue last year selling products many believe to be responsible for that epidemic in the first place marina port ny r.t. new york. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world in brazil hundreds of indigenous people have attempted to storm government buildings in the capital brasilia this comes after the justice ministry laid out new rules for the different native lands for the world cup security guards at the presidential palace pepper spray protest hers who have pushed over of the metal barriers some activist in a national dress also tried to storm the ministry of justice saying the new rules undermine their rights to own as a stroll lands. two people have been killed and one hospitalized in a shooting near a window university in north carolina in the us the attacker or attackers are still

believed to be a large and police have put the campus on lockdown it's unclear whether the victims were students of university we'll bring you more details as we get them here on r.t. . in argentina at least one man has been killed and over one hundred people injured during a mass looting in the country's second largest city. gangs raided shops in the area after the police refused to perform their duties over a pay dispute the man who died was caught by a stray bullet and was in a looter himself over a dozen supermarkets were raided and vandalized. six people have been killed and dozens injured in a militant attack on a police intelligence headquarters in the north of iraq both suicide bombers and gunmen were part of the you so the added with a two hour shootout with security forces no group has admitted yet to carry out the attack in recent months iraq has been experiencing insurgents of terror and violence but almost one thousand people killed in the vamps. as

a turbulent situation in kiev spirals further out of control party's exxon boycott talks to you cranium footballer turned politician and chan co worlds apart is just a hat for you. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africa's a colony it's a colony of the big corporations it's a colony of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts countries we're drowning under the amount of debt that they said and so every year they would borrow money. and they would use that same amount of money to pay back oh this can all that money really. the wages

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hello and welcome to worlds apart with every passing day ukraine's choice between closer ties with the european union or russia seems more like a choice between good and evil led democratic future and the authoritarian past but it is the choice really still stark well to discuss that van allen joined by and. a member of the ukrainian parliament on a strong supporter of european integration mr shift chunka thank you very much for your time great to be with you first of all could you update us on what is happening in kiev right now. while we're at them i done independence

right back from the parliament to where we had a no confidence vote for the korean government and as you already know it failed. only one candidate in eighty six m.p.'s voted to put the government down there were two reasons. to do this no confidence or first it's the collapse of the association agreement was the european union and second it's the bloody police attack on peaceful protesters here on their way down the sort of the saturday morning as we can see behind your back people are still gathering in the center of here i wonder what do you protest or say really want right now and are they still rallying in favor of the association agreement or they want something else. as you can see the independence square is already full of people and people keep arriving as a consumer left and right this is the first reaction to this to this no confidence vote in the in the parliament we should wish failed actually i think after this we

lost a good opportunity to start finding our way out of the political process and sunanda people here and i've done the clearly demand we want the president to step down that's the way to solve the political crisis that's the way to get closer to this decision agreement was the european union you mentioned earlier the brutal use of force by the police and we've all seen the footage from kiev and i think everybody including president you know college himself recognized that the use of force was excessive and as far as we understand the investigation is underway and before that investigation was event completed the chief of police had to step down so don't you think that in demanding nothing last then the resignation of the president himself the opposition is being a bit excessive in its demands. well as of the moment we have heard some words not too many wars and we have seen no actions at all.